Barn fire kills 6 horses@Farmarm once owned by Saudi Royalty
Feb 25, 2015 14:56:39 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Feb 25, 2015 14:56:39 GMT -5
Horrible. RIP
Barn fire kills 6 horses and destroys 2 barns at Woodford farm once owned by Saudi royalty
By Greg Kocher and Alicia Wincze Hughes
Kentucky.com
VERSAILLES — A blaze Wednesday at Chanteclair Farm destroyed two barns and killed six horses, according to the Woodford County fire chief.
The fire department will return to the scene north of Versailles Wednesday to investigate the cause of the fire, said Chief John Varner. The report of the fire came in shortly after 6 a.m.
One of the wooden barns housed horses and the other contained hay. Varner said he did not know if the horses were Thoroughbreds.
"When we got on the scene, one barn was already on the ground," Varner said. "That's the barn that had the horses in it. The heat off it set another barn on fire behind it. It didn't have any horses in it."
A third barn made of concrete block and containing chemicals and propane tanks did not catch fire, Varner said. "We put water on it and kept it cool," he said.
Diesel fuel and gasoline stored near the second barn did not ignite, he said.
There was 40 to 50 feet between the barns that were destroyed, Varner said.
The closest hydrant on Midway Road was three miles from the fire scene, so trucks shuttled water from that hydrant to the scene, Varner said.
The farm was bought in 2013 by former San Diego Padres owner John Moores and partner Charles Noell, according to several industry publications. The two also bought about 30 Thoroughbreds in Ireland to jump start their farms. In addition, the two purchased the former Stonewall Farm in Midway.
Chanteclair Farm was initially formed by the late Prince Saud bin Khaled in 1995 with the purchase of a 260-acre farm.
The Chanteclair broodmare band became one of the most heralded in the Thoroughbred industry, breeding 30 stakes horses from 137 starters foaled at the farm.
Included in that group of notable performers was champion Royal Delta, who was foaled and raised at Chanteclair. Royal Delta won three Eclipse Awards, being named champion 3-year-old filly in 2011 and champion older female in 2012 and 2013. She was purchased by Ben Leon for $8.5 million at the 2011 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale.
Royal Delta was part of a dispersal of the farm's Thoroughbred broodmares, weanlings and racing stock conducted by the estate of the Prince Khaled at the 2011 Keeneland November sale. Delta Princess, the dam of Royal Delta, was purchased for $2.6 million by Adena Springs out of the dispersal and Crown Queen, winner of 2014 Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Keeneland, was also purchased by Leon for $1.6 million at the sale.
Other top horses that represented Chanteclair include 2010 Group I Gran Criterium winner Biondetti; 2003 Hollywood Turf Cup winner Continuously; 1999 Mother Goose winner Dreams Gallore; 2003 Garden City Breeders' Cup winner Indy Five Hundred and 2007 Gazelle winner Lear's Princess.
Chanteclair also in partnership with Karen Woods bred and raced 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Maram.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2015/02/25/3713320_barn-fire-kills-horses-at-woodford.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Barn fire kills 6 horses and destroys 2 barns at Woodford farm once owned by Saudi royalty
By Greg Kocher and Alicia Wincze Hughes
Kentucky.com
VERSAILLES — A blaze Wednesday at Chanteclair Farm destroyed two barns and killed six horses, according to the Woodford County fire chief.
The fire department will return to the scene north of Versailles Wednesday to investigate the cause of the fire, said Chief John Varner. The report of the fire came in shortly after 6 a.m.
One of the wooden barns housed horses and the other contained hay. Varner said he did not know if the horses were Thoroughbreds.
"When we got on the scene, one barn was already on the ground," Varner said. "That's the barn that had the horses in it. The heat off it set another barn on fire behind it. It didn't have any horses in it."
A third barn made of concrete block and containing chemicals and propane tanks did not catch fire, Varner said. "We put water on it and kept it cool," he said.
Diesel fuel and gasoline stored near the second barn did not ignite, he said.
There was 40 to 50 feet between the barns that were destroyed, Varner said.
The closest hydrant on Midway Road was three miles from the fire scene, so trucks shuttled water from that hydrant to the scene, Varner said.
The farm was bought in 2013 by former San Diego Padres owner John Moores and partner Charles Noell, according to several industry publications. The two also bought about 30 Thoroughbreds in Ireland to jump start their farms. In addition, the two purchased the former Stonewall Farm in Midway.
Chanteclair Farm was initially formed by the late Prince Saud bin Khaled in 1995 with the purchase of a 260-acre farm.
The Chanteclair broodmare band became one of the most heralded in the Thoroughbred industry, breeding 30 stakes horses from 137 starters foaled at the farm.
Included in that group of notable performers was champion Royal Delta, who was foaled and raised at Chanteclair. Royal Delta won three Eclipse Awards, being named champion 3-year-old filly in 2011 and champion older female in 2012 and 2013. She was purchased by Ben Leon for $8.5 million at the 2011 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale.
Royal Delta was part of a dispersal of the farm's Thoroughbred broodmares, weanlings and racing stock conducted by the estate of the Prince Khaled at the 2011 Keeneland November sale. Delta Princess, the dam of Royal Delta, was purchased for $2.6 million by Adena Springs out of the dispersal and Crown Queen, winner of 2014 Grade I Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Keeneland, was also purchased by Leon for $1.6 million at the sale.
Other top horses that represented Chanteclair include 2010 Group I Gran Criterium winner Biondetti; 2003 Hollywood Turf Cup winner Continuously; 1999 Mother Goose winner Dreams Gallore; 2003 Garden City Breeders' Cup winner Indy Five Hundred and 2007 Gazelle winner Lear's Princess.
Chanteclair also in partnership with Karen Woods bred and raced 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Maram.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/2015/02/25/3713320_barn-fire-kills-horses-at-woodford.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy